For black women, the magazine newsstand is yet another sad representation of the blatant lack of diversity that plagues the fashion and beauty industries. Countless images of white women and men stare back at us as we search for covers that reflect what we see in the mirror. And while publications are slowly but surely beginning to realize that black is indeed beautiful, the only magazines we can rely on to speak specifically to our existence are Essence and Ebony. But there is still a void that is begging to be filled.

Hannah is a bi-annual magazine that is currently just an idea, yet has dreams of grandeur. Qimmah Saafir, the glossy’s creative director and editor-in-chief, intends to create a space where black women are celebrated, which also means giving these women the freedom to tell their own stories rather than them being told by others.

“I just started to realize that the publications that I loved weren’t meant for me or weren’t necessarily concerned with representing me or my demographic or what I like,” Saafir told The HuffIngton Post.

Model Nykhor Paul is fed up with the fashion world and is making her feelings known.

The South Sudanese model posted an open letter on her Instagram account Monday addressing all the “white people in the fashion world” — specifically makeup artists — who don’t know how to work with models who have darker complexions. The 25-year-old model, who has appeared in shows for Calvin Klein and Rick Owens, blasts the particularly unprofessional makeup artists who “try to make her feel bad” about her skin color when they are unprepared with cosmetic hues that will match her skin tone. She asks, “Why do I have to bring my own makeup to a professional show when all the other white girls don’t have to do anything but show up?”

Male supermodels Tyson Beckford and Marcus Schenkenberg stopped by HuffPost Live on Thursday to chat about their participation in the first-ever Supermodel Cycle, which benefits the Boys and Girls Club, and how they’ve managed to stay so fit and fine over the years.

“Out of all the industries I find — me personally and I think that a lot of people will agree with me — that fashion is very racist,” Beckford said during his visit to HuffPost Live.

The 43-year-old star explained that diversity is certainly a problem when it comes to male models, however, its the women’s side of the business that have it worse.

“This past season during fashion week, you might go to a show and it’s all white girls. Not one Asian or Black or Latino girl was in it. It kind of makes that ethnic race of people feel like they’re not important or being catered to,” Beckford said. “There’s more diversity needed in it. But fashion is the most racist business out right now.”

The New York City-based fashion designer recently chatted with VogueUK.com about his fondness of variety when it comes to the models he uses.

“I don’t like it when the models all look the same. To me it’s so incredibly boring to turn them into mannequins, it’s so much more interesting if we have different ages, ethnicities, body types, heights,” Kors told the website.

“We run the gamut from Frankie Rayder who’s in her late thirties and Karen Elson, to girls that are just starting out who are 17; we go from the fairest of the fair to the darkest complexions. So if I see mannequin-like models, I’m bored, and it’s the same thing with women on the street. I want to see them bring their own personality.”

But we have high hopes that Kors will start practicing what he preaches. Especially since the former “Project Runway” judge revealed to Vogue UK that he’s a fan of one of our favorite black models. “There’s a girl called Malaika Firth who I think is gorgeous – she’s just amazing.”